The Better Block is a nationwide movement that seeks to educate, equip, and empower communities and their leaders to reshape and reactivate underutilized corridors and neighborhoods.

We're sponsoring a makers market and will be transforming a vacant lots into a pop-up park,! Be on the look out for an upgraded Capital Metro stop, business facades and signage, live mural painting, sidewalk artwork, new neighborhood programming, expanded food truck park and so much more. ...And it wouldn't be East Austin without live music!

We were thrilled to host a Mavenly + Co. Masterclass, a two-day career workshop for creative women entrepreneurs.

The traveling workshop is led by two girl bosses from ATX and focuses on setting women up for success as they are either transition or navigate through different stages of their lives and/or careers.

Mavenly + Co developed a curriculum in collaboration with a team of higher education and positive psychology professionals to help us ladies thrive professional environments.

It all went down August 27-28 with a happy hour the night before at Eastside neighbor, Kitty Cohen's.

On the second day, we were lucky enough to enjoy a Q&A panel with some of Austin's most impressive women entrepreneurs, including Jane Ko (A Taste of Koko), Mica May (May Designs), Natalie Davis (Canoe) and Danielle Sobel (Juice Society). They dished on their backgrounds and how they created lives and careers with purpose.

I highly recommend digging deeper into the Mavenly and Co. platform. It offers resources and a community long after the workshop is over. We are always on the go, so it necessary and therapeutic to check in with your peers to not only seek advice, but to celebrate each other.